Ivanna Eudora Kean High School students on ‘virtual instruction’ today

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education sent out an “URGENT ALERT” saying that in-person classes at Ivanna Eudora Kean High School will not be available.

Instead, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School students will get virtual instruction today, Friday, December 6, 2024 due to a lack of running water on campus, according to VIDE.

Classes will proceed online, with students receiving assignments and instructions from their teachers via email or teams, VIDE explained.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.